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US Ban on Xinjiang cotton is likely reducing Western artillery shell production (johnsonwkchoi.com)
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[โ€“] PanArab@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the past i used to wonder how and why empires fall. Now we are witnessing it, and it is not one thing but an accumulation of contradictions and self sabotage.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Same, and turns out the reasons tend to be rather banal in the end.